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The Role Of Caste In Shaping Water Access Is Overlooked In India

Independence Day-eve this year marked the death of little Indra Meghwal, a nine-year-old Dalit boy beaten to death by his…

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Can Greening Be Prioritized In Neighborhoods Considered Vulnerable?

“I live in an area that has barely any trees. There is little shade and during very hot days, I…

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Should Rural India Drink Urban Wastewater?!

It is early August and Kolar is shades of brown and green. Unexpected showers in the previous months have lifted…

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Ruza, A Traditional Water Harvesting System For Water-Scarce Mountains

“Rainfed agriculture in India is a risky enterprise, owing to uncertainties in rainfall,” reads a World Bank article published in…

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Residents Near AP Uranium Mine Fear Health Issues From Contamination

For a decade, the uranium tailings pond near Tummalapalle and other villages in the YSR Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh…

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Himalayas Losing Glaciers, Snow, More Hazards In Offing: New Study

“As scientists, what worries us the most is the scale at which the glaciers are melting in the Himalayas,” said…

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The Indian Voice For Environmental Justice At Global Platforms

When the Earth Commission released its third paper on earth system boundaries in 2023, one element stood out as distinct…

2 years ago
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Reclaiming Wastewater: A Sustainable Path For Water Use In India

On 21 April, during a high-level committee meeting on the rejuvenation of the Yamuna river, VK Saxena made a plea…

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India’s Palm Oil Drive Faces A Reality Check

Palm oil has become essential to India’s food security in the past three decades, replacing other edible oils such as…

2 years ago
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Sikkim Reels Under Water Woes, Faces Hottest June

Gangtok, in Sikkim, was reeling under acute water shortage, after a cloud burst-induced landslide on April 20 damaged the city’s…

2 years ago
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Condition Of Our Water Bodies Is Concerning, Say Experts

India’s first water body census, which primarily focused on small water bodies like ponds, tanks, lakes, water conservation structures, and…

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‘Himalayan Glaciers Warming At Alarming Rate’

“I can assure you one thing that the mountains are changing. And they are changing very fast. There is something…

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Why India’s Palm Oil Plans Fail To Account For Climate Change

India's ambitious drive to expand domestic palm oil production fails to consider the subcontinent’s changing climate, analysis shows. It’s an…

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Human Rights Calamity: Billions Lack Access To Safe Drinking Water

Leaders and authorities recently gathered in New York for the first UN water conference in decades. The hope was that…

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Why Do Pipes That Crisscross Sikkim Run Dry

Every day, Bidya* spends three to four hours getting water from the thulo dhara, or big spring, three kilometres from…

3 years ago
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What’s Driving Hydropower Construction In AP?

Tone Mickrow, a member of the indigenous Idu Mishmi community, lives a few hours’ drive from Etalin – the proposed…

3 years ago
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Treated Wastewater Reuse Could Cut 1.3 Million Tonnes Of Emissions

Reusing treated wastewater in irrigation in India could have reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 1.3 million tonnes in 2021, according…

3 years ago
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‘Ganga, Brahmaputra Flows To Reduce Due To Global Warming’

Source: PTI UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that major Himalayan rivers like the Indus, the Ganges and the Brahmaputra, all…

3 years ago
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Green Hydrogen Production: Concerns Remain About Water Availability

India is targeting production of five Million Metric Tonnes (MMT) of green hydrogen by 2030. However, a discourse on its…

3 years ago
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India’s Push To Use Sugar For Fuel May Lead To Problems

Over the past few months, huge chimneys have been belching thick smoke incessantly on the outskirts of Meerut city in…

3 years ago
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The Hidden Waters Of The Himalayas Are Key To Mitigating Disasters

Within weeks of the partial evacuation of Joshimath, an ancient pilgrim town in Uttarakhand, northern India, land started to sink…

3 years ago
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Best Of ’22: Water In A Climate-Changed Region

Climate change is destabilising the freshwater supply on which all life depends. Multiple disasters in 2022 drove home the point…

3 years ago
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Drought Conditions Force Marathwada Farmers To Migrate For Work

It’s 8 p.m. on a rainy day in mid-October and a family of 10 from Beed has arrived in the…

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Shrinking Glaciers Threaten Energy Transitions

As glaciers shrink and monsoon rainfall becomes more unpredictable due to climate change, uncertainty around the viability of hydropower projects…

3 years ago
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Blue Jeans Is Costing The Planet Dearly

Eternally current and always fashionable, blue jeans are among the most-worn articles of clothing on Earth, transcending time, trends, and…

3 years ago

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